Era 2
Across
- 1. Deadly disease introduced by Europeans that caused massive Indigenous population decline in the Americas.
- 2. Crops grown for profit and export rather than local consumption, often produced on plantations. (2 words)
- 7. Transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds after 1492. (2 words)
- 9. Methods of controlling water supply to improve agricultural productivity in land-based empires. (2 words)
- 11. Brutal sea journey transporting enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean. (2 words)
- 12. Livestock introduced to the Americas that transformed transportation, warfare, and hunting.
- 13. European livestock introduced to the Americas that reshaped agriculture and diets.
- 14. Large-scale clearing of forests for agriculture, mining, and settlement.
- 17. Large Spanish-owned estates in Latin America that used coerced Indigenous labor.
- 18. Animals introduced from Europe used for wool and meat production in the Americas.
- 19. Spread of Old World diseases to the Americas that led to massive population loss. (2 words)
Down
- 1. Extraction of silver in the Americas that fueled global trade and relied on forced labor systems. (2 words)
- 3. Cash crop central to plantation economies in the Caribbean and Americas. (2 words)
- 4. Colonies controlled by European powers to supply raw materials and enrich the mother country. (2 words)
- 5. Trade system in North America exchanging European goods for animal pelts, impacting Indigenous economies. (2 words)
- 6. Forced movement of Africans to the Americas to provide labor for plantation economies. (3 words)
- 8. Atlantic trade network linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas through exchange of goods and enslaved people. (2 words)
- 10. Large agricultural estates in the Americas that produced sugar using enslaved labor. (2 words)
- 15. Staple crop spread through global trade networks that increased food production.
- 16. Economic system where European empires controlled colonies to accumulate wealth through resource extraction.